Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-03

Citrus Belt" where his interests
and those who sent him were To-
Gated, but Mr.. Hoag had an ear to
the wants of the people who sought
the sunny southland, and located
the immigrants in Grafton on the
high, warm mesas above San Ber-
nardino, and his charming daughter
married in Los Angeles.
This was a great surprise to the
ruling section OF California, and
the people of that section published,
short time since, pamphlet en-
titled: "1he Home Seeker; Published
by the Immigration association Of
Central and Northern California, in
the Interests of those acho are seeking
homes IN land Without snoW, biz
yards or tornadoes. Sacramento: 4.
j. Johnston q: Co."
The title of the pamphlet is very
fascinating, and the language ex-
ceedingly encouraging. The region
described is called Upper California.
The pamphlet says:
'sThis region has every advantage
to offer the home-seeker. 1t has a
winterless climate, without snow, ice
or blizzards. You can do field work
every week of the year. You have
no long, cold and costly seasons OF
enforced idleness in which you con-
sumo the earnings of the summer.
You can, if you choose, live comfort
ably in cheap house. Your animals
will not require costly shelter and
food through long, cold winter.
Your family will not be compelled to
wear high-priced winter clothing, or
sit by costly fires for months. Your
diet can be made up mostly OF cheap
vegetables and fruits, instead OF high
priced meat. You will find here
cheap building material. Lumber is
plenty for building and fences. Brick
and building stone are abundant and
cheap. Water is found everywhere,
and of good quality. Portions of the
Sacramento valley and all of the
Coast and Sierra Nevada ranges are
covered with forests of timber. Fuel
will be found in all the counties al
most at your door.
"Fhe rainfall is sufficient to grow
all the staple crops. If you desire to
| irrigate, the streams are full OF water
for that purpose, and the conforma-
ton of the country is such as to make
the distribution OF the water cheap
and easy. In the foothills there is a
vast system of bitches built for min
ing purposes at great expense, from
which you can obtain all the water
you want. The soil is rich, warm
and lasting. The temperature is such
that all the hardy products OF the
North grow in the same field with
the tender and delicate plants OF the
| South"
At the time this pamphlet was re-
ceived at the HERALD Office in Los
Angeles the ground in this "winter-
less region" was covered with snow
from six to eighteen inches in depth,
and Los Angeles man who had re-
ceived an advance copy of the pam
phlet and had engaged all the orange
trees in the city and suburbs to plant
in the "winterless region" was there
to view his purchase of real estate for
citrus fruit culture. He saw snow
storm three times a week and good
sleighing and met cyclone at Mer-
ced. He is not buying orange trees
for the Northern Citrus Belt'' at
present and has no use for any for
that section.
His misfortune is to be regretted,
but he now knows more than he
knew six weeks ago. Los Angeles
has no desire to deprecate the value
of land in any part of California, but
the HERALD, the organ of the people,
must be true to the interests of the
people in every respect. The "North-
ern Citrus Belt" is very rich and
valuable portion of the State, but it is
most unwise to call it the home OF
semi-tropic fruits. 1t has its valuable
products in abundance, but has not
the climate OF Southern California
and should not claim it. California
has room and welcome for millions,
but all cannot have a citrus belt OF
their own. Every section has its ad-
vantages and its valuable products,
but all kinds of prodacts are not in
one locality.
But the great commonwealth moves
on in the front rank of the progress of
the age and the people are contented,
prosperous and happy.